This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.2 on systems
running SunOS 4.x (or the equivalent). This package does not
currently work under Solaris 2.
The STREAMS modules in the sunos directory provide kernel support for
PPP on SunOS 4.x systems. They have been tested under SunOS 4.1.3 on
a SparcStation 10. They should work under earlier SunOS 4.x systems,
but no guarantees are given.
The easiest way to install these modules is to load them into the
running kernel using the `modload' command. They can alternatively be
linked into the kernel image, but this requires rebuilding the kernel.
Installation.
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1. Run the configure script and make the user-level programs and the
kernel modules.
./configure
make
2. Install the pppd and chat programs (you need to be root to do this):
make install
3. Load the ppp module (you need to be root for this too). In the
sunos directory, do:
/usr/etc/modload ppp_driver.o
You will want to do this "modloading" in your /etc/rc.local file
once you have everything installed. The ppp module is copied to
/usr/local/etc by default, so you can put something like the following
in /etc/rc.local:
if [ -f /usr/local/etc/ppp_driver.o ]; then
/usr/etc/modload /usr/local/etc/ppp_driver.o
fi
On some systems, /usr/local/etc is mounted read-only. On such
systems, add `-o /etc/ppp/ppp_driver' to the modload command line.
NOTE: pppstats now works differently, so there is no need to use the
-sym flag to modload, as required with earlier versions.